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Why Not? / Eijanaika (1981) Shôhei Imamura, Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari
Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America Read More »
Chi-n-pi-ra (1984) Tôru Kawashima, Kyôhei Shibata
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. Read More »
Man Walking on Snow (2001) Masahiro Kobayashi
Scene: Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa the Dark Angel / Eko eko azaraku III (1998) Katsuhito Ueno, Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Missy Bolden
A temporal portal dumps a rotting zombie on a city street. “Misa Kuroi”, it croaks, before withering away. Read More »
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man / Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa
In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard / Eko eko azaraku II (1996) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness / Eko eko azaraku (1995) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Shu-Ma
Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school Read More »
Four Seasons of Children / Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori
A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Stolen Desire / Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »